Madame Bovary

"Madame Bovary" — the most famous novel by Gustave Flaubert, which stirred public opinion and brought him scandalous fame. First published in a Parisian literary magazine in 1856, the author was later prosecuted for offending morals.

Emma Bovary lives in a loveless marriage and dreams of another life — exciting, beautiful, full of passions, like the novels she read in her youth. It seems she knows what she wants, but her desires are not about herself, but about an imagined world. In these searches, she grows further away from reality and from herself. Flaubert shows how easy it is to get tangled in other people's images of happiness and lose one's footing if desires are born not from within, but under the influence of others' words, examples, and expectations.


For readers of all ages.
For fans of classic literature.